It worked well, but no matter how I placed or mounted it inside, I could only get a limited set of channels at a time. So if I rotated it or moved it in such a way where one channel got stronger, other channels got weaker. Made it really unpredictable.

The new one gets all channels simultaneously, and at a stronger signal than even the best channels got at their strongest point with the old one.

Having cut the cable at the end of the year, I’m pretty much comfortable with the systems, except for one thing I still can’t figure out - why episodes of shows apparently appear and disappear randomly.

This seems to happen particularly with Sling, although I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it elsewhere. Let me cite specific examples to clarify my point - again, this is all via Sling on my Roku:

1 History of Comedy (CNN) - The first three episodes were up within a couple of days of airing. After the third - nothing. Now the third is missing (there are probably 4 more after that one that were never put up at all) and only the first two are available.

2 Colony (USA) - Again, the current season was put up within a day or two of airing - all except last week’s, which I think was the finale. As I write this, it still isn’t available.

3 Talking Dead - This is the oddest of all, since episodes that were listed as available for viewing in the morning are no longer up when the wife (who watches it) gets home from work that evening, and then pop up again a day or two later, only to be taken down once more.

Can someone tell me in simple terms what the hell is going on? Explain it as you would to a child.

News: Cord cutting is being caused primarily by a 74% increase in customer cable bills since 2000, according to market analysis by Kagan, S&P Gl

Cord cutting is being caused primarily by a 74% increase in customer cable bills since 2000, according to market analysis by Kagan, S&P Global Market Intelligence. That increase is even adjusted for inflation, and it should be noted that individual earnings have seen a modest decline during that same period, making soaring cable rates untenable for many.

Reaction two: There’s also been a huge increase in availability of good content over streaming services that factors into the cord cutting. I can certainly see the argument for that being a secondary effect, though. Or even part of a cycle: people leave cable, companies make streaming content for those customers, so more people leave cable, repeat.

I just did a trial for SlingTV and Hulu Live… I liked SlingTV a smidge better, and my wife likes the Hallmark channels… The price was roughly the same factoring in the dvr functionality… But I cannot and will not abide not having profiles… WTF I don’t want to see all this Housewives of this, that, and Roseanne…

So we went with Hulu Live… The good thing is it’s month to month so we’ll see how things evolve.